Being

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Be
2. p. pr. Existing.
3. n. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
4. n. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
5. n. Lifetime; mortal existence.
6. n. An abode; a cottage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.